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Democrats Focus on G.O.P. Senators From Maine

WASHINGTON Anxious about how little maneuvering room the weekend victory by Senate Democrats on health care provided, Obama administration officials and their Congressional allies are stepping up overtures to select Senate Republicans in hopes of ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Olympia J. Snowe,  Susan M. Collins,  Harry Reid

Senator, Clout Rising, Cements Role at Heart of Debate

WASHINGTON No sooner had Senator Blanche Lincoln promised to deliver one crucial vote in support of a health care overhaul than she threatened to withhold the next one. “I'm thinking about the 450,000 Arkansans who have no health insurance,” Senator ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

On the Hill: Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate

WASHINGTON When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether to laugh or cry. It has been ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  Harry Reid

A Rebuke, but No Penalty, for an Illinois Senator

WASHINGTON The Senate ethics committee on Friday issued a sternly worded rebuke to Senator Roland W. Burris, Democrat of Illinois, saying he had made misleading and inaccurate statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment by Gov. Rod R. ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Roland Burris,  Barack Obama,  Rod R. Blagojevich

Ethics Panel Admonishes Senator Burris

Updated: The Senate ethics committee on Friday issued a sternly worded rebuke to Senator Roland Burris of Illinois, saying he had made misleading and inaccurate statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment by disgraced Governor Rod ...

From CARL HULSE, The Caucus,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roland Burris,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Barack Obama

Reid, as Legislative Tactician, Takes Ownership of Health Care Overhaul

The majority leader’s deep personal involvement in assembling the overhaul of the health care system now on the brink of a historic Senate debate has, for better or worse, conferred ownership of the legislation on Mr. Reid, Democrat of Nevada. Should ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Blanche Lincoln,  Harry Reid

3 Democrats Could Block Health Bill in Senate

WASHINGTON Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party’s leaders need to open debate on the measure later ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Senate,  Republican National Committee,  Barack Obama

Three Democrats could block health bill in Senate

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says he is not sure he is ready to help a Democratic health care proposal clear even the most preliminary hurdle: gaining the 60 votes his party's leaders need to open debate on the measure later this week. Two of ...

From CARL HULSE, TwinCities.com,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Senate,  Republican National Committee,  Barack Obama

Senate Begins Tackling Health Bill

With a Thanksgiving recess looming, the Senate this week will take steps to open debate on its own health care bill even though it remains unclear whether Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader, has the votes to overcome even an ...

From CARL HULSE, The Caucus,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress

3 Right-Hand Men Take a Turn at Center Stage

WASHINGTON While he is a relatively new senator, Ted Kaufman, Democrat of Delaware, is deeply familiar with Senate folkways. Don’t talk too much too soon. Show great deference to committee chairmen. And always always treat staff members with the utmost ...

From CARL HULSE, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Joe Biden,  Paul G. Kirk, Jr.

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